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The sad thing is, none of that surprises me. In fact, it's been blatantly obvious for ages that the current ownership would struggle to run a bath, let alone a football club. The only way this farce ends is when they sell up. It's as simple as that.

P.s. could explain why the players were training at SMS, and also the pre-match press conference was there... Easier to keep things under wraps...

Cheers for the insight. Appreciated 👍🏻 Out of interested, have any of the "few others" flown under the radar, i.e. not been mentioned yet on here on in the media?

His previous posts would suggest he's a bonefide 'ITK'

Holding / central midfielder.... Bragg has "been feeling his hamstring" so Williams is set to replace him on the bench tomorrow...

It amuses me somewhat that when managers are asked if they're sticking to 3/5 at the back they never actually stick up for it as a good tactic; instead they resort to deflection by saying that the numbers in any formation don't matter, it's more about what the players do on the pitch... I wonder why are they so reluctant to sing the praises of it as a formation...?

Its either running late or Alfie got his timings wrong...

I'd have him over O'Neil though...

I'd rather have gonorrhoea than GON

A 51% defeat percentage maybe...?

Yes, I did just do a web search on Reinald Gerhad... (you git! 😁)

Players (Sport Republic's signing approach thereof)

Not only a great midfielder but a master mathematician to boot

And therein lies part of our problem....

Actually, if we go on win percentages, then Carrick is probably the most attractive of the names in the frame...

Is that the same Paul Sturrock who has a much better career win percentage than the current front-runner for the Saints job...?

I'd definitely have him above O'Neil and Carrick...

Press conference at 2pm today (Players training at St Mary's today btw)

Oh well....

I can see the logic in going for Carrick, not least because he's the manager who Azaz thrived under, and once he starts ticking then other pieces of the jigsaw should start to fall into place. However, isn't Carrick another 'side-ways, backwards, possession obsessed' type of manager? So I guess it's a toss-up between 'dull and safe' versus 'intense and exciting'... And, on that, to reiterate that Spors categorically stated a mere 6 months ago that he wanted to instill the latter not the former approach at Saints, so would be a massive U-turn if he went for Carrick (or O'Neil for that matter).

It would certainly bolster my long held, and rightly mocked, conspiracy theory that Sport Republic is an undercover infiltration operation by a group of Pompey fans...

I'd always assumed that trait was top of Sport Republic's manager recruitment check-list... ✅

I had him more down as a Kanban man myself...